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Fatal evidence :

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1473883423

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9781473883420

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1473883415

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1473883431

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9781473883413

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9781473883437

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Fatal evidence :

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[Book]

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Professor Alfred Swaine Taylor & the dawn of forensic science /

First Statement of Responsibility

Helen Barrell.

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

Barnsley, South Yorkshire :

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

Pen & Sword History,

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

2017.

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

1 online resource

Text of Note

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Text of Note

Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Note on Text; Introduction; Chapter 1 Go Thy Way, Passenger; Chapter 2 More of Impulse than Discretion; Chapter 3 Fearful and Wonderful; Chapter 4 The Light of an English Sun; Chapter 5 One of the Most Eminent Men; Chapter 6 My Heart is as Hard as a Stone; Chapter 7 The Means of our Preservation; Plate section; Chapter 8 The Only Friend I had in the World; Chapter 9 The Formidable Scourge; Chapter 10 His Very High Position; Chapter 11 Romantic, Mysterious, and Singular; Chapter 12 Enter Not into the Path of the Wicked.

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Chapter 13 Truth Will Always Go the FarthestChapter 14 Grieved Beyond all Endurance ; Chapter 15 You are the Villain; Chapter 16 Blood Enough; Chapter 17 The Eminent Opinion of Professor Taylor; Timeline; Acknowledgements; Further Reading; Selected Bibliography; Notes; Index.

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A surgeon and chemist at Guy's Hospital in London, Professor Alfred Swaine Taylor used new techniques to search the human body for evidence that once had been unseen. As well as tracing poisons, he could identify blood on clothing and weapons, and used hair and fiber analysis to catch killers. Taylor is perhaps best remembered as an expert witness at one of Victorian England's most infamous trials - that of William Palmer, 'The Rugeley Poisoner'. But he was involved in many other intriguing cases, from a skeleton in a carpet bag to a fire that nearly destroyed two towns, and several poisonings in between. Taylor wrote widely on forensic medicine. He gave Charles Dickens a tour of his laboratory, and Wilkie Collins owned copies of his books. His work was known to Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, and he inspired the creation of fictional forensic detective Dr Thorndyke. For Dorothy L. Sayers, Taylor's books were 'the back doors to death'. From crime scene to laboratory to courtroom - and sometimes to the gallows - this is the world of Professor Alfred Swaine Taylor and his fatal evidence.

Title

Fatal Evidence : Professor Alfred Swaine Taylor & the Dawn of Forensic Science.

International Standard Book Number

9781473883413

Taylor, Alfred Swaine,1806-1880.

Taylor, Alfred Swaine,1806-1880.

Evidence, Expert-- Great Britain, Biography.

Forensic sciences-- Great Britain-- History.

Medicine-- Great Britain-- History.

Physicians-- Great Britain, Biography.

BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY-- General.

BUSINESS & ECONOMICS-- Infrastructure.

Evidence, Expert.

Forensic sciences.

Medicine.

Physicians.

SOCIAL SCIENCE-- General.

Great Britain.

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Barrell, Helen,1978-

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20200823030500.0

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